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A research team from Sinai Health and the University of Toronto has identified a way to determine which mothers are more likely to deliver a baby preterm, raising the possibility of developing a universal screening strategy.

Smoking, particularly heavy smoking, is linked to some unexplained strokes in younger adults, mainly in male individuals and in people ages 45 to 49, according to a study published in Neurology Open Access.

Death related to intimate partner problems has long been viewed primarily as a homicide issue affecting women. But a new data brief from the Northwestern University-led Illinois Violent Death Reporting System that uses a wider lens to examine circumstances contributing to these kinds of death challenges this notion.

For patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, de-escalating dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) to P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy is associated with lower bleeding risk, without an increase in ischemic events, according to a review published online Feb. 18 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

The Trump administration changed course on Tuesday, deciding to keep the government’s free COVID test program running, just minutes before the website COVIDtests.gov was set to shut down.

For patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) unselected for homologous recombination repair (HRR) gene alterations, talazoparib (TALA) + enzalutamide (ENZA) is associated with improved overall survival versus placebo + ENZA, according to a study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, held from Feb. 13 to 15 in San Francisco.

Pain perception can vary greatly. Sometimes, we feel pain more intensely than expected due to an injury or physical ailment but may feel less intense pain in other similar instances. This variability indicates that our perception of pain is highly dependent on our expectations and uncertainty.

A strong perception of experiencing discrimination correlates with differences in human gene expression by race and sex. Interestingly, some of the affected genes are involved in conditions, such as certain cancers, that are associated with aging and have disparate health outcomes, according to research published in The FASEB Journal.

The use of decision-making aids has helped atrial fibrillation patients to be more informed about their care, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

COVID-19 vaccines have been instrumental in reducing the impact of the pandemic, preventing severe illness and death, and they appear to protect against long COVID. However, some individuals have reported chronic symptoms that developed soon after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. This little-understood, persistent condition, referred to as post-vaccination syndrome (PVS), remains unrecognized by medical authorities, and little is known about its biological underpinnings.